Unperframing for railway-cars



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UNDERPRAMING PoR RAILWAY CARS.

4APPLIUA'IION FILED DBO. 26. 1902.

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UNDBRPRAMING PoR- 'RAILWAY GARS.

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r UNITED STATES Patented February 93, w04,

PATENT QEEICE.

GEORGE I. KING, OF MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNDERFRAMING FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,685, dated February 23, 1904.

Application filed December 26, 1902. Serial No. 136,703. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Underframing for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a broken plan view of the underframing of one end of a car embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof on the line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one end of a modified form of underframing. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 5 5. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of Fig. 4 on the line 6 6. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the opposite end of a modified form of bolster or transom applicable to my general construction, and Fig. 8 is a detached view of another modification.

The invention relates to new and useful-improvements in underframing for railway-cars; and it consists in certain features of construction and arrangement of the parts thereof,all

posed either inwardly or outwardly, as mayl be desired.

D indicates the Hoor-beams supported by the l center sills and side sills, being secured therei to by means of angles l, bolted to the webs of f the said floor-beams and to the webs of the center sills at the inner ends of said iioor- Q beams and to the webs of said beams and the webs of the side sills at their opposite ends,

be bolted thereon where a Wooden iioor is to be used or flush therewith when metallic plates areto be used as a iooring. The body-bolster or transom used with my improved underframing is of the type built in with such underframing and forms a part thereof, as shown in the drawings, whereinthe center sills A form the middle portion, above which andY extending from side sill to side sill is a cover-plate E, forming one member of such bolster, while the compression member F thereof is connected to the side sills at its ends. The tension member E extends down under the side sills, while brace-bars G, connected at one end to said compression member and at their opposite ends preferably to the flanges of the center sills, complete the structure of the body-bolster or transom, secured to the under side of which is the usual centerbearing H.

Between the cover-plate E and the top of the center sills A is a plate 2, which is connected by rivets to said sills and cover-plate, f Vwhile angles K extend from the outer corners thereof to the corner-plates L, which are secured to the side sills C and the end sills C', whereby said plate 2 is materially reinforced, and the corners of the cars are also reinforced against endwise pressure thereat.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, it will be noticed that the truss-rods M instead of passing over the bodybolster or transom and engaging with means beyond the same as ordinarily arranged are in this' invention connected directly, by means of rivets, to the plate 2, said rivets passing through a flattened portion 3 of l said truss-rods and through said plate 2, said plate being bent downwardly, as at 3, where said rods are attached thereto, said rods extending from thence downwardly under the queenposts N in the usual manner.

. In the modification shownminv Figs. Land 5 the plate therein (indicated by 2m) extends from the cover-plate to a point near the end sill,

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where it is riveted to the center sills and also riveted thereto throughout the length of said plate, while brackets 4 are riveted tothe under side of said plate 2 and have pintle-bearings in their free end portions, in which are held the pins 5, engaging the eye ends 6 of the truss-rods M', therein shown.

lTo adapt the outer portions of the transom to various types of side sills and to cars in which side sills, so called, are dispensed with, wherein the side sheets serve the same purpose, various types thereof are shown in Figs. 3, 6, 7, and 8, and it will be understood that my invention is not limited in its application to cars having the conventional forms of side sills however constructed.

I am aware that minor changes in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my underfram'ing may be made and substituted forrthose herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a railway-car, center sills, transoms,

a truss-rod, and supporting means, extending across the center sills and over the transoms, with which are connected the ends of said truss-rod; substantially as described.

2. In a railway-car, center sills, transoms, a truss-rod, and supporting means for the ends thereof extending across the center sills and over and beyond said transoms; substantially as described.

3. In a railway-car, center sills, end sills, a truss-rod, supporting means for said trussrods supported above the center sills, and connecting means between said supporting means and said end sills; substantially as described.

4. In a railway-car, center sills, truss-rods,

transoms, and connections between said trussrods and transoms supported by the center sill; substantially as described.

5. Ina railway-car, center sills, truss-rods, transoms, and pivoted connections between said truss-rods and transoms supported by the center sill; substantially as described.

6. In a railway-car, center sills, a transom cover plate extending laterally 'across said sills, truss-rod-supporting means connected therewith, and truss-rods extending substantially from transom to transom; substantially as described. l

7. In a railway-car, center sills, a transom cover-plate, truss-rod-s'upporting means connected therewith, and truss-rods connected to said supporting means on the side thereof adjacent to the transverse axis of the car; substantially as described.

8. In a railway-car, center sills, a transom cover-plate, truss-rod-supporting means'connected therewith, and truss-rods, the ends of which are connected to said supporting means on the side thereof adjacent to the transversel axis of the car; substantially as described.

9. In a railway-car, center sills, end sills, a transom, a cover-plate, truss-rods connected therewith, and braces for said plate connected with the end sills and side sills; substantially as described.

10. In a railway-car, center sills, transoms and longitudinal truss-rods, and a plate connected with said transoms for supporting the ends of said truss-rods; substantially as described.

11. In a railway-car, an underframing comprising a transom, and a continuous plate cooperating therewith for supporting longitudinal truss-rods, in combination with such truss-rods; substantially as described.

12. In a railway-car, an underframing including transoms, and truss-rods supported at their ends from means extending laterally across the center sills; substantially as dcscribed.

` 13. In a railway-car, center sills, supporting means above the same intermediate the ends thereof, and supporting truss-rodswhose ends are connected with said supporting means; substantially as described. Y

14. In a railway-car, center sills, supporting means above the same intermediate the ends thereof, and truss-rods whose ends are flexibly connected with said supporting means; substantially as described.

15. In a railway-car, center sills, end sills. and truss-rod supports above the center sills 'connected directly thereto; substantially as described.

16. In a railway-car, center sills, transoms connected to said center sills, truss-rods, trussrod supports connected with said'transoms and extending laterally above said center sills; substantially as described.

17. In a railway-car, the combination with a truss form of transom including a top coverplate, of a truss-rod extending longitudinally the car, flexible supporting means for the ends of said truss-rod, which means are connected to the transom cover-plates, and rigid supporting means for the intermediate portions thereof, which rigid supporting means are connected to the center sills and side sills; substantially as described.

18. In a railway-car, center sills, a trussrod, flexible lsupporting means for the ends thereof approximately in the plane of the upper portion of said center sills, and rigid retaining means for the intermediate portions below the line of said center sills; substantially as described.

19. In a railway-car, center sills, end sills, a truss-rod, supporting means for the ends thereof connected above said center sills, retaining means for the intermediate portions vbelow the plane of the center sills, and connecting means between said supporting means and said end sills; substantially as described.

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20. In a railway-car, center sills, side sills, end sills, transoms extending at each side of said center sills,iioor-beams extending from center sills to side sills, queen-posts supporting said floor-beams, longitudinal truss-rods, supporting means for the ends thereof connected with said transoms, and means for connection of said supporting means with the end sills and sidesills; substantially as described.

2l. In a railway-car, center sills, a transom cover-plate extending laterally across said sills, truss-rod-supporting means connected therewith, floor-beams extending from said center sills laterally, queen posts supporting said Hoor-beams, and truss-rods extend ing substantially from transom to transom; substantially as described.

22. In a railway-car, center sills, a transom, a cover-plate therefor, truss-rod-supporting means connected therewith, floor-beams extending laterally from said center sills, queenposts thereon, and truss-rods connected therewith and to said supporting means on the side thereof adjacent to the axis of the car; substantially as described.

23. In a railway-car, center sills, end sills, side sills, floor-beams between said center sills and side sills, queen-posts supporting said Hoor-beams, and truss-rods at each side of said center sills whose ends are supported by means connected above the center sills; substantially as described.

24. In a railway-car, an underframing including transoms, lateral iioor beams and queen-posts supporting said floor-beams, center sills, a cover-plate thereon, and truss-rods supported at their ends from said cover-plate and intermediate their ends supporting said queen-posts; substantially as described.

25. In a railway-car, a truss form of transom, center sills passing through said transom and forming struts therefor, a cover-plate connected to said transom, a truss-rod, iiexible supporting means for the ends thereof approximately in the plane of the upper portion of said center sills, said supporting means-being connected to said transom cover-plate and rigid retaining means for the intermediate portions below the line of said center sills; substantially as described.

26. In a railway-car, center sills, atransom cover-plate extending laterallyacross said sills, truss-rod-supporting means connected therewith, floor-beams extending from said center sills laterally, queen posts supporting said floor-beams, and truss-rods extending substantially from transom to transom; substantially as described. Y

27. In a railway-car, center sills, a coverplate, truss-rod-supporting means connected therewith, floor beams extending laterally from said center sills, queen-posts thereon,

and truss-rods connected therewith and to said supporting means on the side thereof adjacent to the transverse axis of thecar; substantially asdescribed.

28. In a railway-car, center sills, end sills, side sills, floor-beams between said center sills and side sills, queen posts supportinga` said floor-beams, and truss-rods at each side of said center sills whose ends are supported by means extending across the center sills; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoaiiix my 

